Chapter 101 Hyperion

Due to the snow and wind blocking the road, the progress was quite slow. On both sides were snow-covered cliffs that were not yet visible. The current location should be halfway up the mountain.

The snow eagle that Mia had tamed had flown back and was leading the way for them in the sky. The heavy snow rolled down the mountain. As long as the snow eagle cried out once, they would stop to rest and wait for the snowball to roll past before continuing. If it cried out twice, it meant that there was a cliff on the right, and they would have to turn to the left. If it cried out three times, it meant that they would turn to the right.

"Besides leading the way, what else did Snow Eagle say?" Billis asked Mia.

"She set her sights on another eagle."

"Oh, an eagle must be amazing to be able to soar freely in such a blizzard."

"At the same time, they are also very unconventional and likable."

"Um?"

Mia smiled faintly, and as the next snowball rolled by, she jumped up and grabbed the snow eagle's talons.

Snow Eagle led her to the depths of the snowstorm. Even through the frost, they could tell that it was a downhill road ahead, and a city wall a hundred meters high suddenly appeared.

Snow Eagle led Mia to the city wall, where the ruins of Hyperion unfolded like a hundred-meter scroll amidst the wind and snow.

A desolate, lifeless city in the far north, with large houses and pillars, wide roads and steep cliffs. Everything in Hyperion is enormous, and as one might guess, it may be an ancient city of giants.

Eagles build their nests under the eaves of the big house, but not every nest has an eagle. Eagles can use their sharp eyes to distinguish their own kind, and the bear spirit living under the eaves of the nest chosen by them must be the strongest in the city.

Two more snow eagles were circling high in the sky, while the tamed one landed on a boundary stone.

The unique feature of this boundary stone is its precariousness; it appears to be swaying precariously in the wind, yet it has stood for tens of thousands of years without falling.

“The snow eagles can only fly to the boundary stone,” Mia said. “There’s probably something behind the boundary stone that’s preventing them from flying over.”

“Even worse weather?” Billis asked.

At this point, the blizzard subsided somewhat, and a large map, resembling a city map, could be seen on the boundary stone. The deeper carvings depicted roads, while the shallower ones represented rivers.

There used to be a river here? And the shape of the map is somewhat like a large octopus head.

Hyperion was actually designed based on the appearance of wizards!

"Come quickly and take a look behind the boundary stone."

Lisa gathered everyone together and discovered that the back of the boundary stone was covered with dense ancient characters.

"If only Tom were here," Billis thought.

Aisha, however, seemed to be able to understand ancient writing, and flew from above the boundary stone to below it.

"Elsa understands! Elsa understands!"

What's written on it?

"The Sky God only blesses the strong men; the weak are destined to be destroyed by nature. We have followed the laws of nature for generations. Therefore, you see, there are traces of blood everywhere in this village. Our children must learn to leap from high mountains from a young age. Only those who survive are qualified to grow up. The God of War appreciates bloody battles, and only the strong can gain the Sky God's trust."

"The Sky God?"

"The ancient sky gods were probably the same as the celestial beings of today."

"In other words, this ruin does indeed house shamans, who have been the gods worshipped by the Bear Spirit since ancient times."

“Aisha hasn’t finished reading yet! If we are not as strong as he imagines, will your Sky God take us away? Leave? No, you will all become food for the Sky God. So tell me, what do we need to do? Fight, until one side dies.”

It seemed like several sentences were read together, with another line at the top that was already blurred and illegible.

Lisa calmly observed everything. The boundary stone was located between two mountain peaks. Looking due south, there was another high mountain, its peak shrouded in thick fog.

The three peaks, all the same size, are sharp and conical, with snow-covered, steep slopes on the outer side and loose rocks on the inner side, which crash down the rock face.

Only a few pine trees remained on the snow-covered mountain, along with a few crooked shrubs. The shrubs' leaves were so pale they were almost white, and the whole thicket looked like undulating white sand dunes.

Lisa suddenly understood something, and flew higher than Elsa against the strong wind until she disappeared from sight.

"Honey! Be careful! Where are you going?"

Lisa could no longer hear anything. Looking down from near-cosmic height, she discovered an astonishing secret.

The cursed bear spirits cannot escape the city because Hyperion is a city of sacrifice!

Lisa shared what she had seen and speculated about with everyone.

"Wizards probably enhance their magic by sacrificing ancient powerful beings to prolong their lives. Nowadays, powerful beings are becoming increasingly rare, and the number of wizards is also decreasing rapidly."

"So, this is the wizards' headquarters?"

"I also discovered a giant crater in the city center, which is about half the size of the city. The magic buried under the permafrost has dissipated for tens of thousands of years, but I can still feel some of its power. However, I cannot guess what the true purpose of the giant crater is."

"Why don't you go and see for yourself?"

The four people wandered in the wind and snow. Billis, who was walking in front, stepped on several snake-like creatures. The creatures unexpectedly made a 'hissing' sound and then turned into blood under his feet, staining the snow red.

Lisa, who was walking behind, kicked the creature's corpse again, and it sank deep into the snow.

These four agents walked like mice, yet made a lot of noise.

Mia, who was at the back, looked back and discovered that the sound was coming from a bell in the snow.

"We're surrounded!"

More than two hundred cursed bear spirits, their beards adorned with bells, walked in front, chattering incessantly, not a single word of which could be immediately understood.

Intruders, that's probably what they meant most. Then many other voices joined in, the youngest of whom was only six years old but had grown to two meters tall. He managed to squeeze to the front, only to be pushed back by the adults.

The cursed bear spirits all resembled polar bears and exuded a murderous aura.

"Get out of here! You are not welcome here!"

A bear spirit who understood the language of reincarnated beings picked up a warhammer, his intentions written all over his face.

"We are not the enemy!"

The vast Hyperion amplifies the sound infinitely; when a new sound appears, the old sound still echoes.

Billy drew his gun with the speed of a snake poised to strike.

Just as they were hesitating, a bear spirit with rather regular features squeezed to the front. He was covered in bells all over his body, even his earlobes and the tip of his nose. He used a call to action to quiet everyone down.

"Not the enemy? Prove yourself!"

How can this be proven?

"The people you brought must accept this challenge!"

This guy is really good; at least he solved the problem. But a new misunderstanding immediately arises.

The encirclement gradually tightened, and a group of guys snorted and shouted, "Challenge! Challenge!"

But who will accept the challenge from this group?

Billis volunteered to take a step forward.

Unexpectedly, Lisa beat her to it.

"I'll do it!"

These bear spirits, who had lived in the ruins for years, probably hadn't heard a woman's voice in a long time. They shook their heads with curiosity, as if they had seen some terrible alien creature. Some even shouted, "Witch! Witch!"

They don't even know what a demon is.

Biris's shoulders swayed violently with the city, the bells tied to Xiongling's beard jingled incessantly, and even the stones in the snow seemed to dance.

Ten bear spirits silently stepped out from the left and right sides; they had never said it was a one-on-one fight!

Lisa’s eyes shot out red flames, and the wind and snow immediately dissipated. Heat waves rolled along the ground, gradually submerging knees and melting the snow within a radius of a thousand meters.

The first one to rush up, Xiong Ling, was carrying a crude claw hammer. Before he even got close, his face was lying on the ground as if it had been sliced ​​flat by a knife.

The second one was even more ferocious than the one on the cliff. He brandished a spiked club and roared twice before a ring of fire appeared on his navel. He flew out and landed on the first person.

When exactly did they get infected? Nobody saw it clearly.

The third man was like a towering rock wall, carrying a hammer on his back, his right hand tightly clasped to his chest. He had only taken two steps when he pulled out the hammer and roared as he charged at the intruder.

Snowflakes splattered everywhere, and the wind echoed with deafening roars. When the white curtain receded, this guy was lying on top of the two guys in front of him.

The remaining seven challengers rushed forward.

In an instant, flames shot into the sky, and visibility dropped to zero. The flames seemed to be alive, burning even more fiercely after smelling the blood.

"Everyone, stand back!"

Finally, someone among them emerged who could clearly see the difference in strength.

The man, dressed in a black robe, stepped over the scalding hot corpse.

She was that maid.